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Biophilic Education: Creating sustainable, ethical and inclusive schools with Rosina Dorelli
Episode 1214th November 2025 • Spark Changemakers • Nikki Giant
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In this final episode of Season 3, Nikki Giant is joined by Rosina Dorelli, founder of Da Vinci Life Skills CIC and BE Hubs Cambridge, a Biophilic Education (BE) home education learning hub, which offers the Da Vinci curriculum.

Rosina shares her inspiring journey from artist to educational innovator, leading a movement toward biophilic education – a new pedagogy that weaves together creativity, sustainability, ethics and a deep connection with nature.

The mission of Da Vinci Life Skills is to inspire and empower learners and educators where everyone is valued for their unique talents. They’re creating a new way of delivering the standard UK school curriculum through transdisciplinary project-based learning and a new skills-based assessment framework.

Together, Nikki and Rosina discuss:

🌱What biophilic education means and how it nurtures wellbeing

🎨Why creativity is essential to mental health and human thriving

🧠How schools can value every kind of intelligence

💫The future of learning rooted in love, beauty and belonging

This is a soulful conversation about what happens when we allow children (and adults) to remember who they really are — creative beings connected to the world around them.

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